Michael Cotterell is an experienced Senior Executive holding a Bcomm Degree in Finance and Business Management with other post graduate qualifications. In the first 15 years of his career he held Senior Management and Directorship positions with Blue Chip Companies such as Santam Bank Corporate Limited, Murray and Roberts Group Limited, Cashbuild Limited, Bridgestone/Firestone Tyres, Wheels of Africa Group, Hyundai Motor Distributors and Barloworld Motor Group.
Jask Automotive was established in 1999 in response to Mobility Industry leaders needing a recruitment organization that understood the industry requirements by virtue of having held Executive positions in mobility organizations. They were tired of dealing with consultants that had no specific industry knowledge and fired a salvo of unqualified, poor performers with integrity issues at them. A cost effective structure was then matched to deliver the right candidates to the Industry. The business grew rapidly and due to his understanding of what specific knowledge was needed to improve individual skills he began writing Training Manuals on Sales, Workshop and Parts for Motor Manufactures.
Thus began a 9 year partnership with Nissan South Africa with Used Vehicle Programme’s, Fleet Sales and Dealer Network Business Improvement. He has become the first choice for many mobility organizations to assist in extracting better performance and value in Companies, Dealerships and Business Units. His services are continually utilized in the mobility field in Africa and the Middle East.
He is thankful to many great leaders in the industry for sharing their success secrets, strategies, business process and procedures and unique talents with him.
These skills are in turn shared with others to grow the industry and make it resilient to future challenges. His time is largely devoted to finding ways to create value for all stakeholders in the industry.
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